how long is it and hows the difficulty?

[dudex]

im about to finish dqxi and thinking about picking this up.

i have a problem tho. if a game is too easy ill get bored of it quick and stop playing. happened with ffxii and ffxv.

[DeejayDoom]

70-100 hours. There's 3 difficulties.

[Frozen Esper]

Originally posted by DeejayDoom:

70-100 hours. There's 3 difficulties.

That's a pretty decent length, I also like the several difficulty modes.

[DeejayDoom]

Originally posted by Maximus:

Originally posted by DeejayDoom:

70-100 hours. There's 3 difficulties.

That's a pretty decent length, I also like the several difficulty modes.

You can change them at any time before going to a dungeon (not at the start of the game, tho) and affect mana gains and other things, it's not only harder or easier enemies.

[Frozen Esper]

Originally posted by DeejayDoom:

Originally posted by Maximus:

That's a pretty decent length, I also like the several difficulty modes.

You can change them at any time before going to a dungeon (not at the start of the game, tho) and affect mana gains and other things, it's not only harder or easier enemies.

Nice! So, basically higher difficulties will give you better loot as a reward?

[MyCrabIsFight]

There's also multiple endings apparently.

[DeejayDoom]

Originally posted by Maximus:

Originally posted by DeejayDoom:

You can change them at any time before going to a dungeon (not at the start of the game, tho) and affect mana gains and other things, it's not only harder or easier enemies.

Nice! So, basically higher difficulties will give you better loot as a reward?

No and yes. it's doesn't directly affect drops but harder difficulties gives more current mana, and current mana in a dungeon affects drop %.

[Frozen Esper]

Originally posted by It's Bedtime ♥♥♥♥♥:

There's also multiple endings apparently.

Yeah, I think I'm gonna pick this up despite the price being a little higher than expected. I was stuck between either getting this or the The Bards Tale IV, but TBTIV seems to have some issues and lacks save on demand. It instead it's save point based based on this thread: https://steamcommunity.com/app/566090/discussions/0/1741094390484476486/

[Frozen Esper]

Originally posted by DeejayDoom:

Originally posted by Maximus:

Nice! So, basically higher difficulties will give you better loot as a reward?

No and yes. it's doesn't directly affect drops but harder difficulties gives more current mana, and current mana in a dungeon affects drop %.

Sounds good. Do you know if there is variety in the dungeion tiles? I read a review and the reviewer placed dungeon design as a con. In the video he showed that a lot of the dungeons look the same. Perhaps he just didn't get far enough?

[DeejayDoom]

Originally posted by Maximus:

Originally posted by DeejayDoom:

No and yes. it's doesn't directly affect drops but harder difficulties gives more current mana, and current mana in a dungeon affects drop %.

Sounds good. Do you know if there is variety in the dungeion tiles? I read a review and the reviewer placed dungeon design as a con. In the video he showed that a lot of the dungeons look the same. Perhaps he just didn't get far enough?

Every dungeon is really different, but each has several floors (and there's one dungeons really long in the mid-game), and those don't change much.

EDIT: Also it's really easy to save here, as long as you save 30 reinforcement points to teleport out of the dungeon, save, and go back to were you where.

[FafnirChaos]

Is the length text mashing or actual gameplay?

[Frozen Esper]

Originally posted by DeejayDoom:

Originally posted by Maximus:

Sounds good. Do you know if there is variety in the dungeion tiles? I read a review and the reviewer placed dungeon design as a con. In the video he showed that a lot of the dungeons look the same. Perhaps he just didn't get far enough?

Every dungeon is really different, but each has several floors (and there's one dungeons really long in the mid-game), and those don't change much.

Thanks a lot for the info, that cleared up my main concern. I don't mind the floors being the same in each dungeon, I was just worried that all dungeons themselves are the same tiles.

[Ion]

Originally posted by FafnirChaos:

Is the length text mashing or actual gameplay?

Gameplay for sure.

[=^_^=]

If you've played Etrian Odyssey it's in a similar vein. Combat is actually pretty quick, so it doesn't feel as grindy as EO can.

[KLightningflik]

Originally posted by DeejayDoom:

Originally posted by Maximus:

That's a pretty decent length, I also like the several difficulty modes.

You can change them at any time before going to a dungeon (not at the start of the game, tho) and affect mana gains and other things, it's not only harder or easier enemies.

So wait, you can change the difficulty anytime? I see the other ones available as unlockables but I wasn't planning to touch them as I didn't want to mess with my save file.